Re: [time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons

2016-01-16 Thread Dan Rae
On 1/16/2016 5:00 PM, KA2WEU--- via time-nuts wrote: Did my plot make it ? Ulrich It did. Very impressive! Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and fol

Re: [time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons

2016-01-16 Thread Rob Sherwood .
Hi Dave, Very good. Interesting you data is better than any typical data I could find on the web which was -105 to -107 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz. I need N0QO to get his 3048A up and running again so we can test some other equipment. What are you using for software? At what frequency was this plot ma

Re: [time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons

2016-01-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
Yes. Thanks Ulrich! Cheers, Magnus On 01/17/2016 02:00 AM, KA2WEU--- via time-nuts wrote: Did my plot make it ? Ulrich In a message dated 1/16/2016 7:01:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, r...@nc0b.com writes: I did some interpolation to compare the specs for phase noise of the 8660 the way it

Re: [time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons

2016-01-16 Thread Rob Sherwood .
Yes Rob NC0B -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of KA2WEU--- via time-nuts Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 6:01 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons Did my plot make it ? Ulrich In a message date

[time-nuts] the logic versus cpu equation

2016-01-16 Thread walter shawlee 2
I always marvel at the argument that a $1 CPU can out-perform a bag of logic which will be "more expensive". this is such utter hogwash, I really felt I had to comment. this view assigns zero cost to the software, development (IDE), programming, and support of the code, a cost that dwarfs the

Re: [time-nuts] Generating a solid PPS from 10Mhz source

2016-01-16 Thread jimlux
On 1/16/16 10:07 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message <20160116080037.13903406...@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net>, Hal Murray writes: kb...@n1k.org said: The astonishing part of this “new world” is that a very complex chip that is made in high volume is cheaper than a handful of

Re: [time-nuts] Generating a solid PPS from 10Mhz source

2016-01-16 Thread Morris Odell
Thanks to everyone who responded. I guess I'm just showing my age (66). Of course all those considerations of cost etc are all true especially in the world of the professional who has to make the product feasible for the market. I'm a basement tinkerer with a well-stocked junk box for whom the

Re: [time-nuts] Generating a solid PPS from 10Mhz source

2016-01-16 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Am 16.01.2016 um 15:03 schrieb Bob Camp: Unlike the world of lithography, the dicing process has not made a lot of progress. Decades ago a 1mm x 1 mm die was about as small as you could get. From what I can see that has not dropped by more than a factor of two in 40 years (if at all). Yes, ther

Re: [time-nuts] Distribution Amplifier: a look inside the 6502B

2016-01-16 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Its much more likely that the 6502 input stage is noninverting with a gain of 1+ 133/100. The LMH6702 is a current feedback amp as such the feedback resistor is selected to ensure stability. Usually the value doesn't change much over a range of gains. A value about 1/2 that recommendd on the dat

Re: [time-nuts] Distribution Amplifier: a look inside the 6502B

2016-01-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Ok, so: Does broadband phase noise matter in a distribution amp? If so why? Does ADEV matter on a distribution amp? If so why? Does long term accuracy matter on a distribution system? (yes of course it does). Is there any benefit to a distribution amp having a lower floor than the source

Re: [time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons

2016-01-16 Thread KA2WEU--- via time-nuts
Did my plot make it ? Ulrich In a message dated 1/16/2016 7:01:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, r...@nc0b.com writes: I did some interpolation to compare the specs for phase noise of the 8660 the way it was done then to the present method. I think it is going to be something like -105 d

Re: [time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons

2016-01-16 Thread Bob Bob
Actually, I just acquired a HP3048a phase measurement system and I’m measuring all of the my signal generators, one of which is an 8660c with the 86603 plugin. Attached (ignore the caption) is the result compared against the 3048a internal 10mhz low noise reference. David > From: r..

Re: [time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons

2016-01-16 Thread KA2WEU--- via time-nuts
Typically,one should not look at just on offset point, Here is an example. 73 de Ulrich In a message dated 1/16/2016 7:01:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, r...@nc0b.com writes: I did some interpolation to compare the specs for phase noise of the 8660 the way it was done then to the

Re: [time-nuts] Timelab, two SR620s and losing samples

2016-01-16 Thread Attila Kinali
God kväll! On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 06:00:54 +0100 Magnus Danielson wrote: > > The two SR620s are both connected to an FS725 Rb frequency standard > > (mostly because we have them around and nobody else uses them :-) > > It's being used, by you! ;-) There is another one lying around, nobody uses...

Re: [time-nuts] Timelab, two SR620s and losing samples

2016-01-16 Thread John Miles
Agreed with Magnus that there are a lot of possible variables in your setup that need to be ruled out. Are you using the SR620 driver in TimeLab, or did you find a way to get it to emit data continuously via the RS232 port for use with the talk-only driver? I've seen occasional instances whe

[time-nuts] Phase Noise Comparisons

2016-01-16 Thread Rob Sherwood .
I did some interpolation to compare the specs for phase noise of the 8660 the way it was done then to the present method. I think it is going to be something like -105 dBc/Hz to -110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset at 14 MHz carrier frequency. As a comparison, the 8662A is about -135 dBc/Hz and the 86

Re: [time-nuts] New Member + Basic Questions

2016-01-16 Thread Rob Sherwood .
I did some interpolation to compare the specs for phase noise of the 8660 the way it was done then to the present method. I think it is going to be something like -105 dBc/Hz to -110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset at 14 MHz carrier frequency. As a comparison, the 8662A is about -135 dBc/Hz and the 864

Re: [time-nuts] Generating a solid PPS from 10Mhz source

2016-01-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi > On Jan 16, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > > > kb...@n1k.org said: >> The astonishing part of this “new world” is that a very complex chip that is >> made in high volume is cheaper than a handful of less popular (but far less >> complex) chips. > > It would be interesting to see t

Re: [time-nuts] Generating a solid PPS from 10Mhz source

2016-01-16 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <20160116080037.13903406...@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net>, Hal Murray writes: >kb...@n1k.org said: >> The astonishing part of this “new world” is that a very complex chip that is >> made in high volume is cheaper than a handful of less popular (but far less >> complex) chip

[time-nuts] Distribution Amplifier: a look inside the 6502B

2016-01-16 Thread Anders Wallin
Hi all, I'm continuing with my distribution amplifier project described here: http://www.anderswallin.net/2015/12/frequency-distribution-amplifier-first-tests/ http://www.anderswallin.net/2015/12/frequency-distribution-amplifier-v2-simulations/ The conclusion from those v1 board tests were that th

Re: [time-nuts] Timelab, two SR620s and losing samples

2016-01-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
Attila, On 01/14/2016 03:38 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: Moin, I have here a setup with four (FPGA) nodes that produce synchronized pulses with a 20kHz rate. I have two SR620s two measure those pulses. Because the SR620s are not fast enought to capture all pulses, and because i want them to be syn

Re: [time-nuts] Generating a solid PPS from 10Mhz source

2016-01-16 Thread Hal Murray
kb...@n1k.org said: > The astonishing part of this “new world” is that a very complex chip that > is > made in high volume is cheaper than a handful of less popular (but far less > complex) chips. It would be interesting to see the die sizes. Another advantage of the CPU solution is that y

Re: [time-nuts] New Member + Basic Questions

2016-01-16 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
On 1/14/2016 12:35 PM, Nathan Johnson wrote: What does the group think of the HP 8660? Just scored a broken one too cheap to pass up. I know it's not gonna be the last signal generator I buy, but for under $100 shipped it should be an interesting project. Nathan KK4REY When I worked at HP, I